The Walt Disney Corporation announced several new attractions and rides that will be rolled out to their amusement parks and resorts internationally throughout 2007. Included in the list are several attractions built around Pixar Animation Studios movies, including several Finding Nemo underwater attractions, a comedy club experience based on Monsters Inc, and a racing ride […]

Animation historian Jerry Beck will be hosting a preview screening of six new short films at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, CA, on January 10, 2007. The screenings will be from Random Cartoons, a new series for Nickelodeon from Studio Frederator, and will include Beck’s own “Hornswiggle.” The event is open to members of ASIFA-Hollywood.

South Carolina’s The State newspaper is reporting that filmmaker/animator Helen Hill was shot and killed in New Orleans, Louisiana, early in the morning of January 4, 2007. She was 36 years old. Hill graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 1995 and won a $35,000 fellowship for her short film “The Florestine Collection.” […]

The Major Spoilers weblog has posted a brief interview with Tad Stones, director of the Hellboy Animated direct-to-video movies. Stones discusses his past association with Darkwing Duck, the status of Hellboy: Blood and Iron, and the future of the Hellboy Animated franchise. He also confirmed a separate report of a Turok, Son of Stone animated […]

A post on the TAG (The Animator’s Guild) weblog states that a Turok, Son of Stone direct-to-video animated movie is underway at Starz Media. This report is confirmed by Comic Book Resources Comics Reel (Hellboy Animated) at the Major Spoilers weblog, where he states that he is “starting production” on it and has recruited a […]

The “Animated Shorts” column at Newsarama.com has posted a trailer and a clip from the upcoming CGI animated film Happily Never After in Windows Media Format. The downloadable movies are accompanied by comments by producer John H. Williams (both Shrek movies) and by screenwriter Paul Moreland.

BCI Eclipse’s next release of classic TV cartoons on DVD will continue with the release of Cool McCool on March 13, 2007. The show was created by Bob Kane, creator of Batman, and centers on the title character’s espionage exploits against an array of hideous and sinister foes. The release will contain 20 episodes on […]

NAVARRE’S BCI AND HEARST ENTERTAINMENT BRING BACK “COOL” WITH THE SUAVE SECRET AGENT “COOL McCOOL” 3 DVD Set Available March 13th for $19.98 Los Angeles, CA – BCI Eclipse, a Navarre Corporation Company, and Hearst Entertainment announce the release of the classic King Features animated series “Cool McCool” from “Batman” creator Bob Kane. Under its […]

The Cartoon Brew weblog is relaying the information that Prescott Wright passed away on December 28, 2006, at the age of 71. Wright was a co-founder of the Ottowa International Animation Festival and of ASIFA-San Francisco.